The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-11

rooster on the eggs, and fastened him there He
fed and watered him without letting him Quit
the nest, and in due time. from the fifteen EGGS
thirteen chickens appeared. Their father seems
proud of them, and takes good care of his fam
lily.
JOHN w. DAVIS. who has been elected Demo
cratic Governor of Rhode Island. is between six
ty and sixty-five years of age. He is in
good health possesses an erect aud com
manding figure and a genial and intellectual
face. His utterances always forceful and
original
A WOMAN in Pawtucket dreamed she would
die at noon the following day. and busted herself
during the morning getting her Rrave-clothes.
Not to be behindhand, her husband went out
and had weed placed on his hat. When the
deceased saw this she got mad, and has been
quite alive ever since.
THE sensitiveness with which the Pennsylva-
mia railroad withdraws all passes under the indi-
rect prohibition of the acknowledgements
law. and keeps them issued to legislators de-
spite the unmistakable prohibition of the State
Constitution, is one Of tho striking features of
the current railroad policy.
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY denies vehemently that
his famous Shakespeare Bacon cipher has failed,
and he is now hard at work upon his book devot-
ed to the subject. Il propose to stick to my
book" he says, until l put it in the hands Of
the printer, and hope to do that by July. The
world will never cease to be astonished, not at
my book, but at its marvellous revelations"
The Prince of Wales has received 60. 900 from
an anonymous donor towards the building fund
of the new English church at Copenhagen which
will be ready for opening in September, when it
is hoped that the Prince and Princess will be in
Denmark Another anonymous donor has pre-
scented organ. and several valuable gifts have
been received from other quarters, including the
pulpit, COMMUNICABLE and four stained glass
windows
THIS characteristic incident is going the
rounds, and shows the spirit which undoubtedly
rankles in many heart after a like rebuff. 1t
is amusing, even if not true: ''The Harpers
recently declined manuscript, whereupon the
did think of naming my baby Harper" and
should have done so, if my story had been &C
cepted; but now no baby of mine shall bear the
name of Harper. You are all mean set"
ST. PAUL Pioneer Press: A little friend of
mine was recently taken to the place where his
grandfather had been buried a few weeks pre-
vious--a lorely spot on the edge of gloomy
wood down In lie Sueur county. rs this heav
en-, mammal! whispered the little fellow fear
fully. mo, dear. this is a graveyard well.
returned the little fellow, thoughtfully, I'm
glad it isn't You told grandpa had gone
to heaven. and / thought that this was the
place"
S. B. CHITTENDEN. of Brooklyn, VINO, some
years ago. gave Yale $4,000 for professorship
and has just presented the university with $780,
900 for the erection of library building is not
a graduate Of the institution to which he has
been so liberal. He was in his youth, however,
firm friend of President Porter and has always
been interested in Yale. Mr.. Chittenden first
won success as a merchant in New Haven. and
his only daughter was born within two hundred
feet of the spot on which will be erected the
new library.
SENATOR EDMUNDs received letter lately
from little Savannah girl who had read in a
newspaper that ne had ways of bis own for max
ing soups and calvfs-foot jelly. She wrote to
him for information inclosing sprig Of jasa-
mine. and got the following reply: Dear Little
Miss have your note with the pretty jasa-
mine flowers With the trnstfulness of youth
you believe what the newspapers print, but they
have misled you in this instance. l do not know
how to make soup calvfs-foot jelly. l some
times think l know how 20 make briefs and
| laws, that, like SOUP are sometimes dgestible,
and, l fear. sometimes not Cookery is a real
art and hope you will learn it perfectly, and
grow up to be true American woman, know
ing how to do everything that makes home
happy"
Mr. WILLIAM DOUGLASS relates this story Of
the old dueling days in the British army, and
of famous officer. There was certain French
man in Paris. during the occupation of that
| city by the allied army. who boosted of having
| killed dozen English officers. and promised to
| go on in this work. One evening he staggered
| usual into his cafe and to his astonsh ment
actually saw one of those hated "Anglais" occu-
| pying his chair, chair that no one hitherto had
| dared sit upon except himself. Mastering
| his passion he undid his sword belt. and having
placed his sword side. began to insult
the perfectly inoffensive English officer who sal
so unconscious looking in his 1.-THE Frenchman's
chair. He trod upon the English toes he deprived
the Engiishman of his candles; he went from one
| thing ON to another without being able in the
least. apparently. to disturb the others pacidity
| At last ne spatched the newspaper out of the
| Englishman's hand and the Briton slo WY rose
| up displaying to the astonshed eyes of the Gau
| a guardsman nearly seven feet high. The giant
| bending across the table. seized hold Of the
| Frenchman's nose with one hand and his CHR
with she other, and wrenchng his mouth open
| spa. down his throat. With howl the French
man, holding his under jaw with both hands
ran out of the room. His jaw was broken; and
neither he any OF his comrades was seer
again at that cafe. This Englishman was Gen
Sir James Simpson. afterward commander il
the Crimea. and noted as the tallest man in tn,
British army.